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Termination of pregnancy
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abortion
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abortion \A*bor"tion\ ([.a]*b[^o]r"sh[u^]n), n. [L. abortio, fr. aboriri. See Abort .] The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage. The immature product ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1540s, originally of both deliberate and unintended miscarriages; from Latin abortionem (nominative abortio ) "miscarriage; abortion," noun of action from past participle stem of aboriri "to miscarry" (see abortive ).\n \nEarlier noun in English was simple ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Abortion is the ending of pregnancy by removing a fetus or embryo before it can survive outside the uterus . An abortion which occurs spontaneously is also known as a miscarriage . An abortion may be caused purposely and is then called an induced abortion, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. termination of pregnancy failure of a plan [syn: miscarriage ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE anti ▪ Some critics echo the radical anti-abortion lobby in comparing stem cell research to the Holocaust. ▪ The new alliance will attempt to win the moral high ground from anti-abortion and antivivisection groups, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context medicine or dated English) The cessation of pregnancy or fetal development: (First attested in the mid 16 th century.) 2 # (context medicine or dated English) a miscarriage. (First attested in the mid 16 th century.) 3 # (context still current ...
Usage examples of abortion.
Whitman was asked whether Bush should have an abortion litmus test for the Supreme Court, she boasted that as governor of New Jersey she had abjured litmus tests for her judicial nominees.
I was sitting there listening to her go on about abortion, I casually made an off-mike comment to my call screener that I wished I could abort this call.
We can also demonstrate that she was twice aborted by Peter Randall and that in all likelihood he performed the third abortion.
What if, for personal reasons, an adolescent wants information about abortion or being gay?
Americans thought NOW and other leading feminist organizations were selling out, for one and only one reason: Bill Clinton supported their agenda, especially their agenda on abortion.
The midwife said that I came to her one night, accompanied by a young lady about five months with child, and that, holding a pistol in one hand and a packet of fifty Louis in the other, I made her promise to procure abortion.
Her crimes were procuring abortion and killing erring mothers, substituting the living for the dead, and in one case a boy for a girl, thus giving him the enjoyment of property which did not belong to him.
Cazin and Rey both produced abortion by forcible dilatation of the anus for fissure, but Gayet used both the fingers and a speculum in a case at five months and the woman went to term.
Why Beulah Doil had a child at all was unclear, having had several previous abortions.
West may well have used one of the horrifying, extemporary tools that he was later to display proudly to friends, including a twelve-inch metal pipe with what resembled a corkscrew attached to the top of it, but whatever the instrument, the abortion attempt failed.
Not so, boo bala A Feminazi is a feminist to whom the most important thing in life is ensuring that as many abortions as possible occur.
The Texas penal code mandated a punishment of not less than two years in prison for any doctor or layperson performing an abortion.
This is the same Justice Kennedy who upheld legalized abortion in Planned Parenthood v.
Library of Congress in 1988, revealed that the justices were shamelessly plotting with each other to achieve the predetermined result of legalized abortion.
Today, legalized abortion is the law of the land because the Supreme Court decided in 1973 that its recently created constitutional right to privacy also included a new constitutional right to abortion.